Comments on: The 116th Big Game: “Anything” isn’t happeninghttp://blogs.mercurynews.com/collegesports/2013/11/19/the-116th-big-game-anything-isnt-happening/
With Jon WilnerThu, 01 Dec 2016 20:34:00 +0000hourly1https://wordpress.org/?v=4.5.3By: Chrishttp://blogs.mercurynews.com/collegesports/2013/11/19/the-116th-big-game-anything-isnt-happening/comment-page-1/#comment-161874
Sun, 24 Nov 2013 07:41:00 +0000http://blogs.mercurynews.com/collegesports/?p=34139#comment-161874Stanford scored 63 on Buh’s D just like every other team did this year. Fire Buh and about 6 other assistants. You comment on the salaries Buh and the rest of the incompetent coaches get, well how many thousands of fans will stay home and not buy Cal tix in 2014 if serious changes aren’t made??
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Fri, 22 Nov 2013 00:41:00 +0000http://blogs.mercurynews.com/collegesports/?p=34139#comment-161856First time i’m ever seeing this video. As a Cal Alum i think it’s awesome looking at this event 40 years ago. If i was a student at the time i’d be looking for blood.
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Thu, 21 Nov 2013 17:24:00 +0000http://blogs.mercurynews.com/collegesports/?p=34139#comment-161850Yes, the Stanford ticket office was reporting getting large ticket returns from Cal. I note this morning that tickets are still available. The Notre Dame game is being reported as sold out.
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Thu, 21 Nov 2013 17:16:00 +0000http://blogs.mercurynews.com/collegesports/?p=34139#comment-161849http://www.mercurynews.com/sports/ci_24564431/is-cal-backup-qb-zach-kline-thinking-about
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Thu, 21 Nov 2013 00:16:00 +0000http://blogs.mercurynews.com/collegesports/?p=34139#comment-161847I will be interested to see how many Cal fans show up and in what condition.
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Thu, 21 Nov 2013 00:13:00 +0000http://blogs.mercurynews.com/collegesports/?p=34139#comment-161846Gee, Ward, weren’t you a little hard on the Beaver?

Lasco has been hurt…shoulder. Goff hurt his thumb, I believe, in the Colorado game, which probably accounts for Klein coming in for a couple of series.

Special teams have contributed to the big scores, and the injuries have been horrendous.

Cal will hold Stanford under 35 points, which would have to be considered a moral victory. Buh is VERY very familiar with the Stanford offense. That is half the reason he was hired, imho.

The issue of firing Buh is an interesting one. I don’t think it’s justified, myself. Of course, Dykes needs some sort of scapegoat, even though it’s his first year. But there are problems if he fires Buh. In the first place, it’s an admission by Dykes that he made a big mistake. Secondly, assuming they can’t do it for cause, then they have to pay out the rest of a three year deal, right? in addition to trying to recruit someone good to come into that hell hole. Paying extra salaries just isn’t what Cal needs right now.

I’m betting that Buh does ok against Stanford and stays around. An underling or three with one year contracts will go, instead.

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Wed, 20 Nov 2013 23:29:00 +0000http://blogs.mercurynews.com/collegesports/?p=34139#comment-161844Most Cal fans I’ve talked to are completely disenchanted. Boise and SJSU are down from last year. And, Stanford fans feel a bit disappointed as well…
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Wed, 20 Nov 2013 21:19:00 +0000http://blogs.mercurynews.com/collegesports/?p=34139#comment-161841You’re absolutely correct. One could argue that MacEntire was left with significantly substandard talent as compared to Cal, and yet he’s managed to win four games this year.

Cal’s athletic department is a dumpster fire, and there seems to be little urgency to put out the fire. It’s too bad because Tedford did a lot to raise the program, it seems that all that was gained is gone.

I could see a scenario, if the defense doesn’t improve along with the flagging offense, by year 3, that Dykes would be gone.

The college game is all about coaching or the lack there of, and in this case, it would seem Cal is getting little of it.